Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-10-28

WINNERS AT IVY CITY.
The Fourth Days nac,ng In the Rain.
NO RACES ro-xoRRow, But FIVE DAYS srokr NEXT
The weather continues to handicap the Jockey
Club Throughout the week the weather has In
terposed the only impairment To the grandese
meeting ever held at Ivy City. There was per
ceptible falling-on in the crowd At the track to-
day. Lovers OF races had braved the weather for
three days but the steady drilling rain to-day de-
TERED some OF them. suu there was q fair at
tendance to-day, but 1t was . business crowd It
was made up mainly OF persons who back their
Judgment and who were after the prontA II any
were to be had
RAcxlASp sold FOR sl7,5oa
Raceland, the great two-year-old, who won the
Arlington stakes the nrst day and the capital
stakes yesterday was sold last night to Appleby q
johnson, for 81, 500 cash He carried 100 pounds
yesterday, and ran the three-Quarters In the fast
ns S ga
the refuse OF stable for ssss In KENTUCKY"
THIS only goes TO show that even the men who
make business OF raising race horses cannot
Dryer Bros bought Joe Cotton, who was thought
asked Was ooo ana after ' some rigging they
agreed TO pay $500 with Bessie June, q two
year-old, thrown In as make weight During the
the Dwyers while Joe Cotton was dead load on
their hands. winning nothing for them.
THE RIVALRY BETWEEN M'lAuaHIiS AND GARRISON
IL stu An interesting subject among race-goers
and, As the season Is drawing to o close the con.
| test for the honor Of champion grows more exct-
ing. At the beginning OF the meeting to-day Gar
r1son was two successful mounts ahead. His
record for the season was Log winnings while
Mclaughlin had only 100. Garrison expressed
| himself as dubious about the result OF today
| running. He predicted that Mclaughlin would
win at least three mounts to-day. As The meeting
contest for supremacy between these two great
Jockeys
NO RACES TOMORROW, But FIVE DAYS NEXT wKEK.
The executive committee OF the Jockey Club
decided this afternoon to have no races to-mor-
| row, but will have at least nve days next week.
The continued bad weather Induced the managers
to postpone further racing until next week, when
II Is hoped the weather Will be better. The races
She ne lIf Se %saSr
VIII be kept up through the week.
To-pAYs PROGRAM.
The races and entries for to-day were as follows:
First race-Purse $500, for three-y year olds and
upward. Entrance money s15 eachl to second.
One mile. Favor, lis lbs; Young Duke. 1l5 lbs.
Barnum, lis lbs; Vlnton, 81 lbs; Maia, 80 lbs.
Nellie b, 80 lbs
second race-A handicap sweepstakes OF so
a.
lbs: Harry Russell, Ill lbs Bess, III lbs. Sam
Harper, Ill lbs; Grimaldi, 1o5 lbs; Partrocles,
Third race-The Potomac stakes for three-y year.
olds, $50 each, h. T.; with $1,000 added, OF which
$3.50 TO second; third to save sake. one mile and
one-Quarter. Kingston, 1913 lbs; Stuyvesant, lis
lbs Dunboyne, lis lbs; Wilfred, Ill lbs.
Fourth race-A handicap sweepstakes OF $2j
each, or s II declared, with 5000 added, OF which
$3.50 10 second. one mile and Iurlong. Rich
mond lis lbs; Favor. Ill lbs; Royal Arch 109
lbs Wilfred, l04 lbs: lie Logas, lob lbs Florence
NJ, 10 lbs; Frankie b, - lbs; Aousatonic, 92
Fifth race-Purse $500, for three year.olds and
upward. Entrance money C$15 each) to second.
sixteenth; Choctaw, 1ls lbs: Ten Booker. lld
lbs; Joe Cotton, 1l3 lbs; Ten strike, los lbs.
Banner Bearer, liz lbs; Maggie Mitchell 1O6 lbs.
1903 lbs; Enigma. ios lbs; Pegasus ioi lbs.
King B., 100 lbs; vosburg. 80 lbs
Favor Wins the First Race.
In the rst race the starters Jockeys, and betting
were as follows: Favor (McLaughlin)2 to5; Young
Duke (Stone) 10 to /; Barn1m {iiiggs) to L;
Vinton (Ande SOM 10 to /; Maia (Kane) 80 to 1;
Nellie b. (Stnnotp 8 TO l.
Time, l.45I. Mutuels paid. $3.50.
Siuyvesant Wins the Second Race.
The second race was won by Stuyvesant; Bess
| second. Time 1:16I. Mutuels paid 5000.
Kingstsn Wins the Third.
stuyvesant and Wilford were scratched in the
third race which left the race tetween Kingston
and Dunboyne. Kingston won. Time 2:l3
Favor was scratched In the fourth race and
| ChOctaw and Joe Cotton In the NTH.
| Florence M Wins.
Florence first, and Royal Arch second.
THE sTKKPLECHAsE ACCIDENT YESTERDAY.
| The races yesterday closed with steeplechase
which was won by John Henry, Jim MCGOWAN
second, wellington third. Wheatly, Justin, Mack
Lost Cause Killarney, Beverly, and VIII Davi.
| also ran. Mutuels paid $3.50. Wheatly. rdder
| by his owner, Mr.. HARDWOOD, OF Baltimore. was
decided favOrite becau g OF the ease with which
| he won the steeplechaSe on the nrst day. Tn,
start was made without much delay, and Wheatly
| to the qualification OF his many hackers got
good position. The horse ran all right past Woods
but he bolted the jump at the summit of the hill
Mr.. HarwOod quickly turned the horse, forced hin
to take the jump, and followed, though no longe
| with any hope OF winning the race AT the mex
| jump Wheatlys fore feet struck the hurdle, ant
| the horse went down, the rider beneath him. The
horse was up In an instant, but the rider remained
motionleSs. At once there was rush for the spot
and in q few moments the unconscious rider wa.
borne, upon litter lmpr0v1sed or overcoatS TO The
club house. Meantime a surgeon had been found
man. AT first IL was thought that the injurie:
| were serious, but when Mr.. Harwood had beer
made comfortable at his hotel more careful ex
| animation disclosed the fact that no bones wers
broken. He was bruised and badly shaken up
| but win probably be out in a day or two.
| Dr. Chas Filler, OF Baltimore, who has charge o.
MI. Harwo0d'S case, reports his pat ent as doins
| very well to-day, under the circumstances